Energy saving homes that go easy on the environment are turning heads in Georgia with their low-maintenance appeal, cost potency and natural good looks. Georgia’s green power was most lately demonstrated by Georgia Tech at the 2007 Solar Decathlon. The leading edge contest, subsidized by the US office of energy, is a green building competition with stress on solar energy. 20 groups from varsities around the globe were handed the job of building the most enticing and eco friendly solar-powered home they could imagine. Over the 5 day judging period, the Decathlon Homes had to show the power to use nothing except solar power to power a washer dryer, cooker, Television, PC and generate hot water. The houses also needed to be architecturally sound, marketable and they’d to look great. Though it was their first year to take part in the challenge, the Georgia Tech team won 6th place for their leading edge light-house, a totally off-the-grid solar powered home. ‘Many of the advances that are demonstrated in this house will come to the mainstream,’ related associate professor Russell Society of the Georgia Tech house, ‘they must come to the conventional if we are going to save the energy that we guaranteed to.’ The improvements in the Georgia Tech house set an improved standard for energy conservation and eco- friendliness for Atlanta houses. Atlanta already has several model solar projects like the EcoManor, the Southern Living Concept House, and the Brookhaven Nil Energy Home. ‘35% of the energy consumed in America is consumed in buildings. It is important for us to develop technologies that save that energy,’ asserts Society . ‘Everything we do here is about making buildings more efficient and smarter.’ The Georgia Tech Light House is steel and wood construction with a modern open floor plan, hardwood flooring, and a semi-transparent solar roof that artfully lets lights into each room in the house although it insulates and generates power. Engineered to be simple to build, expandable and accessible, the plans accommodate from 1 to 3 bedrooms and up to two baths. Alternative Energy

We all have read about the warming environment. Some pundits insist it represents perverted science. Other observers insist a rise in temperatures is happening now. The correct information should be hiding between these estranged positions.
